First international payment for marine ecosystem services: The case of the Banc d'Arguin National Park, Mauritania

Global Environmental Change

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1434-1443

  Binet, Thomas ^a   Failler, Pierre ^a   Chavance, Pablo N ^b   Mayif, Mohamed Abidine ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b UICN   (Mauritania)

^c campus universitaire de Nouakchott   (Mauritania)

Author keywords

Biodiversity conservation; Environmental policy; International agreement; Marine ecosystems; Payment for ecosystem services

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DEVELOPING WORLD; ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; EUROPEAN UNION; EXPLOITATION; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; FISHERY POLICY; INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENT; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

MAURITANIA;

EID: 84889081751     PISSN: 09593780     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2013.09.015     Document Type: Article

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